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Time to FIO
With another season of schmoozing and selling behind us, we're all assessing our next steps. But when the same old doesn't work anymore, what are you going to do? As Bob Safian advised us in his iKids'...
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COPPA clarity: Proceed with caution
The Federal Trade Commission recently revised COPPA, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, to give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services can...
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Time to think
As a type-A multi-tasker, I've suddenly discovered how timeboxing can up my game.Read More
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Playful learning is more than fun and games
Claire Green, president of Parents' Choice Foundation and co-founder of Sandbox Summit, spends more time than most playing with kids' media. Here's her playbook on what it takes to make a great...
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Collaboration: The not-so-secret sauce
With Sandbox Summit only a week away, I realize it takes a village to create content for a meaningful conference. But the diversity of the village also makes the conference meaningful.Read More
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Five things I learned in the Sandbox
The ninth Sandbox Summit has come and gone. All attendees are safely back in their offices. Hopefully, some of the collaborative spirit of the conference has seeped into their worlds and webs and...
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Show me the money: Pitch-perfect strategies
I recently asked a 20-something who's running a startup a probing question and he answered, "Oh, that's the $64,000 question." Then he pondered, "Where did that expression come from? $64,000 won't do...
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Children’s Museums: Not just for kids
If you're in the business of kids and media, children's museums are a must-see. Use the exhibits, as well as the building design, as a guide to how kids test, play and learn.Read More
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Which is better: Experience or enthusiasm?
Experience vs. enthusiasm; reality vs. risk; maturity vs. moxie. Can one exist without the other? It's a generational tug of war.Read More
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Changing hearts, minds and games
The Games for Change Festival got me thinking. Is it better to be smart or sexy? Today's innovators don't see them as being mutually exclusive.Read More
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Embrace your inner child
It's officially summer and I've always believed that sunshine brings out our inner child. So instead of lamenting that kids are falling into the dreaded "summer slide" of education, we adults should...
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Exploratorium
A trip to San Francisco's Exploratorium showed me that innovation doesn't just 'happen.' It sometimes needs to be engineered. See what happens when designers, developers, curators and curious kids get...
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Binging and purging: The never-ending cycle of play
Play doesn't really change. Toys and media may adapt to different platforms, but good toys, good stories and good concepts have the power to bridge generations in any form-digital or outdated. Read More
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New dimensions: It’s not all about 3D
Soundings: A Contemporary Score just opened at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. For any advocate of new ways to think about what we too often do by unexpected collaborations, the show, or at minimum...
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Theater of the Absurd: Now playing on selected smartphones and tablets
This week, Claire Green, co-founder of Sandbox Summit and president of Parents' Choice Foundation, takes a rather cockeyed look at the apps of the moment.Read More
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A Novel Approach to Business
What makes something innovative? In planning for the 2014 Sandbox Summit, we discovered In This Together Media, a publishing venture that's telling a different kind of story with its innovative...
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My not-so-dirty little secret
I'll just say it outright. I love magazines. The "real" paper ones. I grew up in the magazine world, and then with the click of a mouse, it all changed.Read More
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Suspending Reality: The role of good media
I needed a fix. My friends were headed to MIP. I was in limbo waiting for two intriguing projects. So I decided to escape to the movies. For all we adults moan about screen time taking kids away from...
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To see or not to see…
What would you do if you knew everyone was watching you? That's one of the questions probed in Dave Eggers' new book, The Circle, a mashup of 1984 meets 21st century Silicon Valley. Technology in both...
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Endless runners keep gamers going and going
Carla Fisher, Founder of No Crusts Interactive, gave new meaning to the term "running text" when she released Stride & Prejudice last week. Within 24 hours, it was #14 in the Apple Education Store....
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